Dr Nicholas K. Alderton
@nickalito.bsky.social
Welsh Historian & Author.
Deputy Editor of the Journal of Liberal History.
Former Plaid Cymru Cllr - Welsh Independence.
https://www.uwp.co.uk/book/emlyn-hooson-alderton/
https://nicholasaldertonhistorian.wordpress.com/
Deputy Editor of the Journal of Liberal History.
Former Plaid Cymru Cllr - Welsh Independence.
https://www.uwp.co.uk/book/emlyn-hooson-alderton/
https://nicholasaldertonhistorian.wordpress.com/
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My book Emlyn Hooson and the Welsh Liberal Party, 1962-1979 has just been published by @gwasgprifcymru.bsky.social and is available via the publisher and all good booksellers.
Very happy day! 😊
Very happy day! 😊
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
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Out now!
'Emlyn Hooson and the Welsh Liberal Party, 1962-1979' by @nickalito.bsky.social is the first in-depth description of the Welsh Liberal Party during a tumultuous time in Welsh politics.
Find a copy in your local bookshop, or learn more on our website!
📚 www.uwp.co.uk/book/emlyn-h...
'Emlyn Hooson and the Welsh Liberal Party, 1962-1979' by @nickalito.bsky.social is the first in-depth description of the Welsh Liberal Party during a tumultuous time in Welsh politics.
Find a copy in your local bookshop, or learn more on our website!
📚 www.uwp.co.uk/book/emlyn-h...
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Out now!
'Emlyn Hooson and the Welsh Liberal Party, 1962-1979' by @nickalito.bsky.social is the first in-depth description of the Welsh Liberal Party during a tumultuous time in Welsh politics.
Find a copy in your local bookshop, or learn more on our website!
📚 www.uwp.co.uk/book/emlyn-h...
'Emlyn Hooson and the Welsh Liberal Party, 1962-1979' by @nickalito.bsky.social is the first in-depth description of the Welsh Liberal Party during a tumultuous time in Welsh politics.
Find a copy in your local bookshop, or learn more on our website!
📚 www.uwp.co.uk/book/emlyn-h...
My book Emlyn Hooson and the Welsh Liberal Party, 1962-1979 has just been published by @gwasgprifcymru.bsky.social and is available via the publisher and all good booksellers.
Very happy day! 😊
Very happy day! 😊
November 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
My book Emlyn Hooson and the Welsh Liberal Party, 1962-1979 has just been published by @gwasgprifcymru.bsky.social and is available via the publisher and all good booksellers.
Very happy day! 😊
Very happy day! 😊
Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
#TaxTheBanks
Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing.
The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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‘At one point during cross examination, the prosecutor Peter Wright KC called Barton’s explanations “nonsense”, to which the former player responded by asking: “Are you calling me a nonce?” Wright in turn responded: “No, nonsense.”’
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
‘At one point during cross examination, the prosecutor Peter Wright KC called Barton’s explanations “nonsense”, to which the former player responded by asking: “Are you calling me a nonce?” Wright in turn responded: “No, nonsense.”’
Emlyn Hooson and the Welsh Liberal Party, 1962-1979 | UWP: www.uwp.co.uk/book/emlyn-h...
Emlyn Hooson and the Welsh Liberal Party, 1962-1979 | UWP
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November 8, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Emlyn Hooson and the Welsh Liberal Party, 1962-1979 | UWP: www.uwp.co.uk/book/emlyn-h...
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Aberystwyth has joined a global network of 350 Creative Cities that have been recognised for their excellence in creative fields across the world by becoming Wales’ first UNESCO City of Literature
Aberystwyth becomes Wales' first UNESCO City of Literature
Aberystwyth has joined a global network of 350 Creative Cities that have been recognised for their excellence in creative fields across the world by becoming Wales’ first UNESCO City of Literature Abe...
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November 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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It's Rob Brydon but not as you've ever seen him before. The Gavin and Stacey star wowed the audience at an Elvis festival with a stellar tribute to the King
Rob Brydon gets the audience all shook up at Elvis festival
In his new TV series Rob Brydon goes on a toe-tapping adventure across the American south to celebrate 100 years of country music. There he meets the stars, discovers the genre’s roots and dives into ...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It's Rob Brydon but not as you've ever seen him before. The Gavin and Stacey star wowed the audience at an Elvis festival with a stellar tribute to the King
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Thrilled to be nominated for Scoop of the Year at the British Journalism Awards for the Afghan data leak story and superinjunction. Testament to the fantastic team @newsagents.bsky.social and @globalplayer.com.
Two governments took The News Agents to secret court for two years via a constitutionally unprecedented superinjunction to stop you from hearing this story.
The MoD is responsible for a data leak that put up to 100,000 Afghans at risk of death.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdc6...
The MoD is responsible for a data leak that put up to 100,000 Afghans at risk of death.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdc6...
The secret court that silenced the News Agents...until now
YouTube video by The News Agents
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October 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Thrilled to be nominated for Scoop of the Year at the British Journalism Awards for the Afghan data leak story and superinjunction. Testament to the fantastic team @newsagents.bsky.social and @globalplayer.com.
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Thank you to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for having me on, one of the v few people in the UK press to follow this story during what is now a decade of media apathy &/or complicity
‘The threat couldn’t be more urgent and imminent. Yet here we are, still putting our head in the sand.’
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.
October 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Thank you to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for having me on, one of the v few people in the UK press to follow this story during what is now a decade of media apathy &/or complicity
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"Hi business. You know we spent a decade and a half telling you to invest in green stuff. In fact, we brought in loads of laws and regulations that forced you to do this. Well, apols. We're worried about our remaining Commons seats so we're ditching all that now. Thanks anyway."
But what about business? Surely those hard-nosed capitalists will jump at the chance of ditching pesky environmental regulations and go pell-mell for North Sea oil?
Yeah, no. Quote from the CBI is just *hides behind sofa*
Yeah, no. Quote from the CBI is just *hides behind sofa*
October 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
"Hi business. You know we spent a decade and a half telling you to invest in green stuff. In fact, we brought in loads of laws and regulations that forced you to do this. Well, apols. We're worried about our remaining Commons seats so we're ditching all that now. Thanks anyway."
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BUMPER Sunday with Lewis Goodall @LBC from 10 from Labour Conf
-Housing Sec Steve Reed
-Dep Leadership candidates Bridget Phillipson AND Lucy Powell
-Liverpool Mayor Steve Rotherham
-Unite Gen Sec Sharon Graham
-Labour MPs John McDonnell Rosena Allin Khan Bell Ribeiro Addy
-Housing Sec Steve Reed
-Dep Leadership candidates Bridget Phillipson AND Lucy Powell
-Liverpool Mayor Steve Rotherham
-Unite Gen Sec Sharon Graham
-Labour MPs John McDonnell Rosena Allin Khan Bell Ribeiro Addy
September 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
BUMPER Sunday with Lewis Goodall @LBC from 10 from Labour Conf
-Housing Sec Steve Reed
-Dep Leadership candidates Bridget Phillipson AND Lucy Powell
-Liverpool Mayor Steve Rotherham
-Unite Gen Sec Sharon Graham
-Labour MPs John McDonnell Rosena Allin Khan Bell Ribeiro Addy
-Housing Sec Steve Reed
-Dep Leadership candidates Bridget Phillipson AND Lucy Powell
-Liverpool Mayor Steve Rotherham
-Unite Gen Sec Sharon Graham
-Labour MPs John McDonnell Rosena Allin Khan Bell Ribeiro Addy
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“Either we have copyright law or we don’t. Either plagiarism and the theft of intellectual property are anathema to higher education or they aren’t. We’re either modeling academic honesty and integrity to our students or we aren’t.” —@thetattooedprof.bsky.social
www.chronicle.com/article/some... 1/n
www.chronicle.com/article/some... 1/n
Advice | Sometimes We Resist AI for Good Reasons
Why higher ed needs to listen to the contrarians in setting policies on using tools like ChatGPT in faculty work.
www.chronicle.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
“Either we have copyright law or we don’t. Either plagiarism and the theft of intellectual property are anathema to higher education or they aren’t. We’re either modeling academic honesty and integrity to our students or we aren’t.” —@thetattooedprof.bsky.social
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www.chronicle.com/article/some... 1/n
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Reform MP backs up Nigel Farage claims that migrants are coming for your birds.
September 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Reform MP backs up Nigel Farage claims that migrants are coming for your birds.
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A former football hooligan who was banned from grounds across Britain after admitting his involvement in violent incidents at matches will have an instrumental role in writing Reform UK’s manifesto for the 2026 Senedd election ✍️ Martin Shipton
Former Tory writing Reform's election manifesto was a football hooligan
Martin Shipton A former football hooligan who was banned from grounds across Britain after admitting his involvement in violent incidents at matches will have an instrumental role in writing Reform UK...
nation.cymru
September 25, 2025 at 7:15 AM
A former football hooligan who was banned from grounds across Britain after admitting his involvement in violent incidents at matches will have an instrumental role in writing Reform UK’s manifesto for the 2026 Senedd election ✍️ Martin Shipton
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For far too long, women in Wales have been told their pain is normal, their symptoms imagined, or their conditions simply not important enough to warrant serious attention ✍️ Cefin Campbell MS
Bridging the rural divide: Women’s health in Wales
Cefin Campbell, Plaid Cymru Member of the Senedd for Mid and West Wales For far too long, women in Wales have been told their pain is normal, their symptoms imagined, or their conditions simply not im...
nation.cymru
September 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
For far too long, women in Wales have been told their pain is normal, their symptoms imagined, or their conditions simply not important enough to warrant serious attention ✍️ Cefin Campbell MS
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We had a wonderful evening celebrating the launch of 'Dafydd Elis-Thomas: Nation Builder' by Aled Eirug on Tuesday!
Diolch yn fawr to all who attended and especially to Aled, Felicity Evans, Richard Wyn Jones, Mark Drakeford and Elin Jones for their wonderful contributions.
📹 Tane Rogers-Eirug
Diolch yn fawr to all who attended and especially to Aled, Felicity Evans, Richard Wyn Jones, Mark Drakeford and Elin Jones for their wonderful contributions.
📹 Tane Rogers-Eirug
September 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
We had a wonderful evening celebrating the launch of 'Dafydd Elis-Thomas: Nation Builder' by Aled Eirug on Tuesday!
Diolch yn fawr to all who attended and especially to Aled, Felicity Evans, Richard Wyn Jones, Mark Drakeford and Elin Jones for their wonderful contributions.
📹 Tane Rogers-Eirug
Diolch yn fawr to all who attended and especially to Aled, Felicity Evans, Richard Wyn Jones, Mark Drakeford and Elin Jones for their wonderful contributions.
📹 Tane Rogers-Eirug
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SUNDAY WITH LEWIS GOODALL FROM 10 @LBC
The best interviews and political analysis to start your political week
Sunday shows don’t have to be boring- honestly
Join us
The best interviews and political analysis to start your political week
Sunday shows don’t have to be boring- honestly
Join us
September 21, 2025 at 8:46 AM
SUNDAY WITH LEWIS GOODALL FROM 10 @LBC
The best interviews and political analysis to start your political week
Sunday shows don’t have to be boring- honestly
Join us
The best interviews and political analysis to start your political week
Sunday shows don’t have to be boring- honestly
Join us
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I’m beginning to think they lied about liking free speech…
The late-night show has been pulled 'indefinitely' over comments its host made about the man accused of killing the conservative activist on.ft.com/4mpJxSN
September 18, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I’m beginning to think they lied about liking free speech…
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Welcome to the United Kingdom! 🇬🇧
Never before in U.S. History has a President been acknowledged by another country in this unique way! 🇺🇸
At Windsor Castle, in London & all across the land, people are United! ✊
They all want to see the #EPSTEIN_PedoFiles, ASAP! 👀
Never before in U.S. History has a President been acknowledged by another country in this unique way! 🇺🇸
At Windsor Castle, in London & all across the land, people are United! ✊
They all want to see the #EPSTEIN_PedoFiles, ASAP! 👀
September 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Welcome to the United Kingdom! 🇬🇧
Never before in U.S. History has a President been acknowledged by another country in this unique way! 🇺🇸
At Windsor Castle, in London & all across the land, people are United! ✊
They all want to see the #EPSTEIN_PedoFiles, ASAP! 👀
Never before in U.S. History has a President been acknowledged by another country in this unique way! 🇺🇸
At Windsor Castle, in London & all across the land, people are United! ✊
They all want to see the #EPSTEIN_PedoFiles, ASAP! 👀
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Speed cameras are about to go live on a stretch of road that has seen vehicles travelling in excess of 100mph and several severe and fatal crashes over the past five years
Cameras installed to deter speeding drivers set to go live after trial
Speed cameras are about to go live on a stretch of road that has seen vehicles travelling in excess of 100mph and several severe and fatal crashes over the past five years. As part of a road safety re...
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September 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Speed cameras are about to go live on a stretch of road that has seen vehicles travelling in excess of 100mph and several severe and fatal crashes over the past five years
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A handsome building in my old hometown, the General Wolfe in St Austell is at risk. I used to drink there, it was a proper pub. #Cornwall #StAustell #heritage www.savebritainsheritage.org/news/buildin...
Building of the Month August 2025: General Wolfe Public House, 3-5 Bodmin Road, St Austell, Cornwall - SAVE Britain's Heritage
SAVE Britain's Heritage has been campaigning for historic buildings since its formation in 1975 by a group of architectural historians, journalists and planners. SAVE is a strong, independent voice…
www.savebritainsheritage.org
September 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A handsome building in my old hometown, the General Wolfe in St Austell is at risk. I used to drink there, it was a proper pub. #Cornwall #StAustell #heritage www.savebritainsheritage.org/news/buildin...
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15 September 1922 the Daily Mail publishes Kemal Ataturk's territorial demands, the British government decided to "take steps to safeguard the neutral zone of the Straits against the Turkish menace". The Chanak Crisis marks the beginning of the downfall of David Lloyd George. #OTD #OnThisDay #Turkey
September 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
15 September 1922 the Daily Mail publishes Kemal Ataturk's territorial demands, the British government decided to "take steps to safeguard the neutral zone of the Straits against the Turkish menace". The Chanak Crisis marks the beginning of the downfall of David Lloyd George. #OTD #OnThisDay #Turkey
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More archaeology updates!
Can share this again now that the paper has been published: www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
People gathered for great meat feasts at end of British bronze age, study shows
Evidence of millions of animal bones at sites in West Country and Surrey points to ‘age of feasting’
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
More archaeology updates!